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Lesson 27/Musculoskeletal System

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LCL, MCL, ACL   lateral collateral ligament, medial collateral ligament, anterior cruciate ligament  
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LLE, LUE, RLE, RUE   left lower extremity, left upper extremity, right lower extremity, right upper extremity  
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/alis   relating to  
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/ate   that which is, chemical noun ending  
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/clast   breaker or absorber  
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/clisis   closure, surgical fusion (also /kleisis or /cleisis)  
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/desis   surgical fusion or fixation  
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/emesis, /emetic   vomiting  
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/i   adjective form of /um, plural form of /us  
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/ion   the act of  
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/lucent, lucency   transmits light, a white spot on an x-ray  
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/or (noun)   one that  
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/sity, /city   the state of  
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/ular   relating to  
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/valgus, valgus   bent outward  
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/varus, varus   bent inward  
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/version   turned or a turning  
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acetabul/o   vinegar cup  
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acet/o   vinegar  
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Achilles tendon   heel tendon (tendo calcaneous)  
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acromion   lateral end of the spine of the scapula (shoulder blade)  
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actin/o   ray  
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adhes/o, adher/o   stuck to  
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aerobic, anaerobic   living with oxygen, living without oxygen  
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alveol/o   alveolus, alveoli (as it relates to MS system-portion of bone surrounding and supporting teeth)  
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ambulat/o   walking  
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amphi/ (pr. afee)   both sides, around or about, double  
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ankyl/o   stiff, fused  
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ap/   ad/combined with p  
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articul/o   jointed  
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audit/o   ear or hearing  
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bone parts   diaphysis, metaphysis, epiphysis, medullary canal, periosteal membrane  
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calc/o   calcium  
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calcane/o   calcaneous (relating to heel bone)  
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campt/o   bent  
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canals   haversion canals, Volkmann's canals (allow blood and nerve supply to bone)  
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cancell/o   lattice (inner part of bone that has a spongy structure filled with marrow)  
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canalicul/o   little canal  
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capit/o   head, capitate  
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capitulum   rounded articular extremity of a bone  
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circum   around  
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clas/o, clasia   destruction, fracture, surgical fracture  
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cleid/o   clavicle  
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coccyge/o   coccyx, coxa  
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concha, conchae   shell-shaped bone  
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condyl/o   knuckle  
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congenital disease types   minimus, imperfecta, tarda, maximus, occulta  
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contracture   Dupuytren's, Volkmann's (loss of muscular balance, loss of motion)  
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crepitation   noise or vibration caused by rubbing bone or irregular cartilage together  
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cribriform plate   bone lying behind nasal cavity through which smell travels to brain  
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crista galli   attachment for the dural membrane lining the skull  
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cruciat/o   crossed  
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cyst   Baker's, bone  
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di/, dipl/o   twice, used instead of bi/ for chemical names  
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diploe    
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dis/   reversal or seperation, twice  
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disease   Paget's (or osteitis deformans), Hansen's, Albers-Schonberg, Legg-Calve-Perthes, Osgood-Schlatter  
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dorsi/   in a dorsal direction  
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e/   ex/, outward  
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equin/o   horse, walking on toes like a horse  
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fibul/o   fibula  
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flaccid   relaxed, flabby or without tone  
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fontanelle   anterior fontanelle, posterior fontanelle  
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fracture   comminuted, greenstick, compression, Barton's, Colles'  
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gangli/o   knot, ganglion  
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genu   knee  
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glen/o   shoulder, glenoid  
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gout   metabolic disorder characterized by raised blood uric acid which causes severe arthritis (more common in men, usually inherited)  
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hallux   great toe  
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hamart/o   defect in tissue  
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hamat/o   hooked, hamate, or uncinate bone  
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humer/o   humerus  
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hyster/o   uterus  
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idiosyncratic   relating to a mental, behavioral, or physical peculiarity or abnormal reaction to a drug  
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infarct, infarction   an area or dead tissue resulting from sudden insufficiency of blood supply  
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kyph/o   hump  
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lacrim/o   tear  
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lacun/o   lake, lacuna, lacunae  
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lamell/o   little layer, lamella, lamellae  
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lepramat/o   leprosy (Hansen's disease)  
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lig/a   ligament  
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lord/o   concavity, hollow area  
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lun/o   moon or moon-shaped  
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luxat/o   slipped, dislocated  
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malle/o, malleol/o   hammer, little hammer  
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manubri/o   manubrium  
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mast/o   breast or breast-shaped, mastoid process or sinus  
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MCP, metacarpal-phalangeal, MTP, metatarsal- phalangeal   also metacarpophalangeal, metatarsalphalangel  
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meat/o   hole or canal opening  
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menisc/o   meniscus, crescent  
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menopaus/o   menopause  
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myci/o, mysi/o   muscle  
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navicul/o   little boat, navicular  
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nidus   nucleus or central point of origin of a nerve  
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oblique   slantin; deviating from the planes of the body  
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obturator   any structure that obstructs an opening  
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odont/o   tooth or teeth, tooth-shaped  
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olecranon   elbow bone, point of elbow  
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palatine   relating to the palate (the bony and muscular partition between the oral and nasal cavities)  
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pannus   a membrane of granulation tissue covering a normal surface (as in rheumatoid arthritus and other diseases)  
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perone/o   peroneal tendon or nerve in leg  
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phalang/o   phalanx, phalanges  
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pigment/o   colored  
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poikil/o, poiekyl/o   mottled  
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process, processes   styloid, zygomatic, mastoid, palatine  
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pronat/o   turn toward prone postion  
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quadr/i, quadr/u   four or fourths  
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RA   rheutoid arthritis  
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ramus, rami   one of the primary divisions of a nerve or blood vessel or pa part of an irregularly shaped bone  
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rheumat/o   watery discharge, rheumatic condition  
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rickets   bone disease due to vitamin D deficiency that causes bone deformities  
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/lemma   husk, membrane covering muscles and nerves  
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sciatica   pain in lower back and hip radiating down back of thigh and into leg caused by herniated lumbar disc (not by nerve dysfunction as previously thought)  
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scoli/o   curved  
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sella turcica   Turkish saddle  
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sequestr/o   separated  
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sin/o, sinus/o   sinus, a cavity  
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sinus   sphenoid, ethmoid, frontal, maxillary, mastoid  
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snuffbox   (anatomic snuffbox) A hollow seen on the radial aspect of the wrist when the thumb is extended fully  
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supinat/o   turn toward supine position  
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syndrome   Albright's, Marfan, Reiter's, carpal tunnel  
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erg/o   work  
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tal/o   talus, heel  
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taliped, talipes   club-foot  
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tempor/o   timely, temporalis bone  
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ten/o, tendin/o   tendon  
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tophi   (pl. of tophus) A salivary calculus, or tartar  
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trapezi/o   trapezius muscle  
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trochant/o, trochanter/o   runner, part of femur  
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trochle/o   pulley  
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tuber/o   bulge, like a root  
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uln/o   ulna  
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vertebral levels   cervical=C1-C7 or C1-7, thoracic-T1-T12 or T1-12, lumbar=L1-L5 or L1-5  
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xiphoid   sword-shaped  
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zygomatic/o, zyg/o   junction, zygooma bone  
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